understoodadj.
/ˌʌndəˈstʊd/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈstʊd/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > [adjective] > manifested
objecta1398
displayedc1425
manifested?1531
confessed1561
understood1576
objected1606
ostended1608
ostential1609
exposed1630
evolveda1641
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adjective]
covert1393
sidelinga1500
implieda1535
insinuate1534
understood1576
implicative1602
insinuated1605
reserved1607
whispered1608
interpretative1610
implicit1613
tacit1637
tacid1651
adumbrative1751
inexplicit1827
inexpress1871
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 152 This done and vnderstoode to the Archebishop, she was by him appointed to S. Sepulcres.
2. Comprehended; thoroughly known.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > [adjective] > comprehended
understooda1616
penetrated1626
apprehended1668
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > known
couthOE
kitheOE
kent1513
bekenda1522
kenneda1525
understooda1616
taped1892
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 123 Augures, and vnderstood Relations, haue..brought forth The secret'st man of Blood. View more context for this quotation
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 48 By the light of understood Scriptures to penetrate the sense of the obscurer ones.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1677 (1955) IV. 121 The Gardens are large..& the husbandry part made so convenient, & perfectly understood, as the like I had not seene.
3. Agreed upon; assumed as known or fixed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > agreed upon
settled1578
understood1607
1607 in W. H. Hale Precedents in Causes of Office against Churchwardens (1841) 9 He doth now confesse that it was an understood part of his therein.
1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics iii. 33 There had been established a tolerably steady rate of understood value.
1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. x. 257 It was an understood thing that no one was to be ill or tired..without leave asked.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 317 Each chief takes a certain understood value in goods as a commission for himself.
4. Grammar. Implied though not expressed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [adjective] > omitted by ellipsis
elliptical1829
understood1848
elliptic-
1848 J. T. White Xenophon's Anab. Notes 38 Observe the adverb between the article and the understood noun, supplying the place of an adjective.
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adj.1576